Project Code MRCNMH25Ba Lambert Research Theme Neuroscience and Mental Health Project Summary Download Summary “Women seek help – men die”. Comparatively lower rates of mental illness among men than women are not explained by better health among men. Men face…
Understanding the impact of childhood maltreatment on brain structure and connectivity in Conduct Disorder
Project Code MRCNMH25Ba Fairchild Research Theme Neuroscience and Mental Health Project Summary Download Summary Childhood maltreatment is a major risk factor for Conduct Disorder (CD), a condition characterized by antisocial and aggressive behaviours. The ‘ecophenotype hypothesis’ suggests that maltreatment-related CD…
Can young people’s cognitive style explain associations between social media use and mental health?
Project Code MRCNMH25Ba Button Research Theme Neuroscience and Mental Health Project Summary Download Summary In public discourse, social media is often claimed to be bad for young people’s mental health. This simple view is not supported by science, where the…
Brain stimulation and neurophysiological investigations of central nervous system changes in pathological pain, and their augmentation by treatment.
Project Code MRCNMH25Ba Bultitude Research Theme Neuroscience and Mental Health Project Summary Download Summary Chronic pain can involve changes throughout the central nervous system (CNS). Some treatments aim to alter CNS function, with limited results. This could be because research…
Synthetic heroin: understanding the dangers of nitazene drugs
Project Code MRCNMH25Ba Bailey Research Theme Neuroscience and Mental Health Project Summary Download Summary “Drug-related deaths are now at the highest ever recorded in the UK, the majority involving opioid drugs. Recently, a new class of synthetic opioids known as…
The Contribution of Mitochondrial Dysfunction to Alzheimer’s disease
Opening date: Tuesday 2nd April 2024
Closing date: Wednesday 1st May 2024 at 5pm
Project Code MRC24NMHCa
Closing date: Wednesday 1st May 2024 at 5pm
Project Code MRC24NMHCa
Characterising a novel neuroimmune pathway to treat neurodegenerative disease
Project Code MRCNMH24Ex Witton Research Theme Neuroscience and Mental Health Full Project Description Please download the below document for a full project description and to see the full supervisory team. Summary Microglia are brain-resident immune cells. Alongside conventional molecular signals,…
Can nutritional intervention unlock better outcomes after traumatic brain injuries? Investigating brain blood flow and cellular metabolism regulation by ketones following head impacts
Project Code MRCNMH24Ex Weightman Potter Research Theme Neuroscience and Mental Health Full Project Description Please download the below document for a full project description and to see the full supervisory team. Summary This project will investigate the efficacy of ketogenic…
Metabolic psychiatry – Understanding ethnic and global differences in the inter-relationships between obesity and mental health
Project Code MRCNMH24Ex Tyrrell Research Theme Neuroscience and Mental Health Full Project Description Please download the below document for a full project description and to see the full supervisory team. Summary Many people live with multiple health conditions, but research…
Developing computational models of psychosis to explore the impact of schizophrenia-associated CNVs on cortical microcircuitry
Project Code MRCNMH24Ex Shaw Research Theme Neuroscience and Mental Health Full Project Description Please download the below document for a full project description and to see the full supervisory team. Summary Breakthroughs in genetics have identified specific CNVs that substantially…